Thursday, January 31, 2013

LEADING UN EXPERT COMPARES HAMAS TO THE FRENCH RESISTANCE

Richard Falk, a Special Rapporteur to the
United Nations, recently compared Hamas to the French Resistance. Falk has
previously called Israel an apartheid
state.

Falk wrote: "Resistance fighters were uniformly perceived in the
liberal West as unconditional heroes, and no critical attention was given as to
whether the tactics used unduly imperilled innocent civilian lives. Those who
lost their lives in such a resistance were honoured as martyrs. [Khaled] Meshaal
and other Hamas leaders have made similar arguments on several occasions, in
effect asking what are Palestinians supposed to do in the exercise of resistance
given their circumstances, which have persisted for so long, given the failures
of traditional diplomacy and the UN to secure their rights under international
law."

It is morally
reprehensible to compare the French Resistance which was fighting for freedom
from Nazi Germany to Hamas, a terrorist organisation committed to the
destruction of the one truly free country in the Middle East, Israel.
Hamas is also virulently antisemitic, homophobic and misogynist. In its attitude
towards the Jews it shares the same goals as the Nazis. Falk’s statement
is completely unacceptable for a UN official.

Paul Charney, Chairman of
The Zionist Federation said “I call on the UN to demand that Richard Falk
withdraw his ridiculous statement, which glorifies the terrorist and antisemitic
Hamas, an organisation committed to the destruction of the Jewish State
of Israel.”